Good company - General Manager Aldon Computer Group Employee Review

Evryone is treated as an associate not a subordinate. Good balance of work and personal life. Staffers know how to have fun on the job without it distracting from performance. Financial backers appear to be positioning firm for growth through acquisition.

Benefits for the employee are average, but the costs of adding family members is very high almost like being on COBRA. Salaries are 10 years behind the times.

It is small enough so you know everyone, and you can usually meet and talk with anyone. They don't watch you closely, and are flexible for hours. They don't expect you to work overtime a lot.

Not much vacation (2 weeks < 3 years, 3 weeks < 15 years), no health coverage except basic medical (no dental, no vision). No opportunity for advancement. Main product is ancient, running on IBM iSeries (AS400). Windows client was designed to emulate the AS400 client, then patched with features that don't fit in well. Main software is C++, some of which was converted from old PL/1 code, much of it was written by people learning C++ and Windows. Behind the times regarding software tools. No use at all of modern tools such as .net, C#, or even linux tools. Recently bought by an Investment company, but that doesn't seem to be working out well.